http://diggableresources.com/ibm A collection of Dugg resources on IBM Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4361 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4361#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:05 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4361 Adobe has announced plans to bring Flash Player 10 and the AIR web runtime to the ARM architecture. This port is the beginning of an effort by Adobe to close the gap between Flash in desktop and mobile contexts.

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]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4360/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4359 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4359#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4359 E-mail is no longer just e-mail, and it arguably hasn’t been for some time. Webmail clients like Yahoo’s have offered IM and calendar integration for a while, and now Gmail allows video chatting and embedded gadgets. Zenbe, a new startup, is bringing social features, collaboration, and a new perspective on our e-mail routine.

]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4359/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4358 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4358#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4358 I looked at the latest Top 500 Supercomputers list and what did I see? An NVIDIA (GP)GPU and the brains of the PS3.

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]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4357/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4356 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4356#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4356 All three of the consoles have changed quite a bit since their respective launches. More functionality is crammed into each one of these boxes than ever before—and at lower prices, to boot. So what exactly are you getting beyond the bullet points on the back of the box? Let’s take a look at where the three consoles stand feature-wise this holiday.

]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4356/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4355 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4355#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4355 The HTML source viewer in the latest Firefox nightlies now supports links on URLs and relative paths. This addition finally closes a feature request that was submitted in 1999.

]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4355/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4354 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4354#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4354 The Coherence framework is a Python-based implementation of the UPnP protocol and the Digital Living Network Alliance standard. The framework is being used to integrate UPnP support into GNOME applications like Nautilus and Totem.

]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4354/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4353 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4353#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4353 Yesterday, Microsoft finally announced the availability of two of the services in the United States: Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.

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]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4352/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4351 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4351#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4351 The world of Fallout 3 is vast and packed full of all kinds of stuff, so it’s nothing to be ashamed of if you are feeling lost or a little overwhelmed. There is help, however, as the good folks at Planet Fallout have put together an outline of the future post-apocalyptic Washington, D.C. using Google Maps.

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]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4350/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4349 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4349#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:04 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4349 Article One Partners wants to use crowdsourcing—and the promise of handsome payoffs—to uncover invalid patent applications. They could start with their own.

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]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4343/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4342 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4342#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:03 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4342 The legal counterclaims filed against Apple by illicit Mac clone maker Psystar have been dismissed by US District Judge William Alsup. In his 19-page decision, issued today, Alsup determined that Apple does not appear to violate the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Act, or the Cartwright Act by tying its operating system to its own hardware, and

]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4342/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4341 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4341#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:03 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4341 Microsoft is phasing out Windows Live OneCare and will be replacing it with a free, yet-to-be-announced, solution.

]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4341/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4340 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4340#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:03 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4340 StarOffice was around before the popular OpenOffice and was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1999.

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]]> http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4335/feed http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4334 http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4334#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:05 +0000 admin http://diggableresources.com/ibm/archives/4334 Banshee 1.4, a new version of the popular open source music player, was made available for download last week. It adds several compelling new features, such as Mac OS X compatibility and improved support for audio player devices, including the Android-based T-Mobile G1.

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